Tonight’s Events Of Interest: Liana Finck & Emily Flake in Conversation, Drew Friedman & Robert Klein In Conversation; More Thurber; Fave Photo Of The Day; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon

Liana Finck will be in conversation with Emily Flake this evening at Books Are Magic. All the info here. Ms. Finck began contributing to The New Yorker in 2013.  Her latest book is Excuse Me: Cartoons, Complaints, And Notes To Self (Random House).  Ms. Flake has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2008. Her book That Was Awkward: The

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The Weekend Spill: Fave Photo Of The Day: Gerberg & Booth; Thurber’s Art Celebrated!; The Tilley Watch Online; Event Of Interest: Roz Chast

Fave Photo Of The Day Courtesy of Sarah Booth, this fab photo of New Yorker artists Mort Gerberg and George Booth, taken this past Friday following Mr. Gerberg’s gig playing Cole Porter’s piano at The New York Historical Society. Mr. Gerberg began contributing to The New Yorker in 1965. Mr. Booth began contributing to The New Yorker in 1969. ________________________________

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Fave Photo of the Day: Blitt, Telnaes, Galindo, Taylor and Donnelly; Rating New Yorker Cartoons: Cartoon Companion Looks at a Giant Snowman, Escaping Clowns and More

Here’s a photo from last night’s event “Cartooning the New Reality” at The Museum of The City of New York.  From left to right: Barry Blitt, Ann Telnaes, Felipe Galindo, Whit Taylor, and moderator, Liza Donnelly _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________       The Cartoon Companion duo hand out some tough and  tender love as they assess the cartoons in this week’s

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Reminder: Barry Blitt, Felipe Galindo, Liza Donnelly, Whit Taylor, Ann Telnaes at The Museum of the City of New York Tonight!

  A reminder of tonight’s event  at The Museum of The City of New York: Barry Blitt, Felipe Galindo, Whit Taylor, Ann Telnaes are on a panel moderated by Liza Donnelly. The subject is:  Cartooning the New Reality. From the Museum’s website: Barry Blitt, cover artist and illustrator for The New Yorker Felipe Galindo, cartoonist for The New Yorker Whit Taylor, cartoonist for The Nib,

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